Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
صفية بنت حيي النضيرية
صفية بنت حيي بن أخطب بن سعنة بن ثعلبة ، ويقال : عامر بن عبيد بن كعب بن الخزرج بن أبي حبيب بن النضر بن النحام بن ينحوم : ويقال : ينحون
Appears in 17 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
صفية بنت حيي النضيرية
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
7
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
2
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
3
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
3
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
0
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
2
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
أم المؤمنين
Al-Dhahabi
أم المؤمنين
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Lineage / nisba
- الإسرائيلية ، النضيرية
- Generation
- أم المؤمنين
- Died
- 36 هـ . جزم به ابن منده وهو غلط ، وقال الواقدي : 50 هـ ، وهذا أقرب . وقال ابن سعد : 52 هـ
- Relatives
- أم المؤمنين ، كانت تحت سلام بن مشكم ، ثم خلف عليها كنانة بن أبي الحقيق ، فقتل كنانة يوم خيبر ، فصارت صفية مع السَّبْي ، فأخذها دحية ثم استعادها النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - فأعتقها وتزوجها ، وأمها : برة بنت سموءل ، ومولياها : كنانة ، ويزيد بن معتب
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
No names recorded.
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 2035أَنَّ صَفِيَّةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ ، أَنَّهَا جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَزُورُهُ فِي اعْتِكَافِهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَSafiya, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) told me that she went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to visit him in the mosque while he was in I`tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. She had a talk with him for a while, then she got up 5 narratorsBukhari · 2038كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَعِنْدَهُ أَزْوَاجُهُ فَرُحْنَ ، فَقَالَ لِصَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ حُيَيٍّ : لَا تَعْجَلِي حَتَّى أَنْصَرِفَ مَعَكِ ، وَكَانَ بَيْتُهَا فِي دَارِ أُسَامَةَ ، فThe wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) were with him in the mosque (while he was in I`tikaf) and then they departed and the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Safiya bint Huyai, "Don't hurry up, for I shall accompany you," (and her dwelling was 11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2039أَنَّ صَفِيَّةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعَتْ مَشَى مَعَهَا ، فَأَبْصَرَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ ، فَلَمَّا أَبْصَرَهُ ، دَعَاهُ ، فSafiya went to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was in I`tikaf. When she returned, the Prophet (ﷺ) accompanied her walking. An Ansari man saw him. When the Prophet (ﷺ) noticed him, he called him and said, "Come here. She is Safi12 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 3101عَلَى رِسْلِكُمَا ، قَالَا : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَبُرَ عَلَيْهِمَا ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَبْلُغُ مِنَ الْإِنْسَانِ مَبْلَغَ الدَّمِ (the wife of the Prophet) That she came to visit Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while he was in I`tikaf (i.e. seclusion in the Mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan). When she got up to return, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up w6 narratorsBukhari · 3281عَلَى رِسْلِكُمَا إِنَّهَا صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ حُيَيٍّ ، فَقَالَا : سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَجْرِي مِنَ الْإِنْسَانِ مَجْرَى الدَّمِ وَإِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَقْذِفَ فِي قُلُوبِكُمَWhile Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in I`tikaf, I called on him at night and having had a talk with him, I got up to depart. He got up also to accompany me to my dwelling place, which was then in the house of Usama bin Zaid.6 narratorsBukhari · 6219أَنَّهَا جَاءَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَزُورُهُ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْغَوَابِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ ، فَتَحَدَّثَتْ عِنْدَهُ سَاعَةً مِنَ الْعِشَاءِ ، ثُمَّ قَامَتْ تَThe wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) that she went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while he was in I`tikaf (staying in the mosque) during the last ten nights of the month of Ramadan. She spoke to him for an hour (a while) at night and t10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 7171إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَجْرِي مِنَ ابْنِ آدَمَ مَجْرَى الدَّمِSafiya bint (daughter of) Huyai came to the Prophet (in the mosque), and when she returned (home), the Prophet (ﷺ) accompanied her. It happened that two men from the Ansar passed by them and the Prophet called them sayin11 narrators·parallel chainMuslim · 5679عَلَى رِسْلِكُمَا إِنَّهَا صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ حُيَيٍّ7 narratorsMuslim · 5680إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَبْلُغُ مِنَ الْإِنْسَانِ مَبْلَغَ الدَّمِ6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2470كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُعْتَكِفًا ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ أَزُورُهُ لَيْلًا فَحَدَّثْتُهُ ثُمَّ قُمْتُ ، فَانْقَلَبْتُ فَقَامَ مَعِي لِيَقْلِبَنِيSafiyyah said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was observing Itikaf (in the mosque), I would come to him to visit him. I had a talk with him and then stood up. I then returned and he (the Prophet) also stood up to accompan6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3279حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ عِيَاضٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ حَرْمَلَةَ ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبٍ بِنْتِ ذُؤَيْبِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْمُزَنِيَّةِ ، وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ رَجNarrated Safiyyah bint Huyayy: Ibn Harmalah said: Umm Habib gave us a sa' and told us narration from the nephew of Safiyyah on the authority of Safiyyah that it was the sa' of the Prophet ﷺ. Anas ibn Ayyad said: I tested6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4994كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُعْتَكِفًا فَأَتَيْتُهُ أَزُورُهُ لَيْلًا ، فَحَدَّثْتُهُ وَقُمْتُ فَانْقَلَبْتُ ، فَقَامَ مَعِي لِيَقْلِبَنِي , وَكَانَ مَسْكَنُهَا فِي دَارِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدSafiyyah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in the I’TIKAF (seclusion in the mosque). I came to visit him at night. I talked to him, got up and turned my back. He got up with me to accompany me. He was living in the hous6 narrators